Ignacz goldbekgee



(No Model.)

I. GoLDBERG-BR;

BOX.

PatentedNovfI, 1886.

UNITED- STATES PATENT Orricn. v i

IGNAOZ GOLDBRGER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming'partof Letters Patent No. 352,746, dted November 16, 1886.

Application ined octtber 3, 1885.

l Boxes, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to those boxes in which the cover is secured to the body by means of a shouldered pin; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings7 forming part of this specification, in which- Fignre l is a perspective view of the box without the cover, showing, also, the shouldered lockingpin suspended therefrom. Fig. 1I is an .under side View of the cover. Fig. III is a vertical longitudinal section of the box closed, showing the manner of securing the pin to the body. Fig. V is a perspective view of the pinportion of the box on a much larger scale, showing the locking-pin inserted in the box and the cord occupying the grooves inthe pin-head and cover. Fig. lV is a transverse section of the same. p

The box may be made of paper or pasteboard, or of wood or metal, if greater durability be desired, and lightness is not important. The box has a body formed in one piece, with a bottom, l, upturned sides l, and upturned ends l, with inturned laps 1c secured to the sides. On eachside and atthe rear end' is aninwardly-projecting marginal horizontal iiange, 2, and vertical flanges 3. These anges are formed in one piece of material-such as straw-board or pasteboard-and` serve to stiffen theupper margin of the box as well as to receive and secure the sliding cover- 4, as hereinafter described. rlhe front margin of thebox is stiffened and strengthened by a strip or bar,

5, preferably of wood, the upper surface of which is slightly below the level of the marginal iiange 2.

To the under surface of the cover 4, on the two sides and the rear end, are secured rabbeted strips 6 6 7, preferably of wood, forming flanges which engage with the marginal Iiange serial No.' riann (No model.)

2 of the box, as clearly shown in Figs. III and i IV, adapting the cover to slide on and off the box, partly orcompletely, as desired, exposing the whole or ,any desired portion of the box when open, and when shut forming a very secure closure, the interlocking anges of the box` and cover mutually supporting one another, so that when closed the sides and top are united as if in one continuous body.

The front end of the cover is strengthened and stiffened by astrip, 8, preferably of wood, secured to its under side flush with the side and end strips, 6 6 7, and, when the cover is 'slid completely on to close the box, slips over` the front strip of the box, in close Contact therewith. These two strips 8 and 5 are provided with registering cylindrical holes 9 10, the hole 9 in the cover-strip 8 being of larger size than the hole l0 in the box-strip 5, to adapt them to receive a shouldered pin having cylindrical head and cylindrical body 11,

-of such dimensions that when fully inserted,so

that its shoulder comes to a bearing on the top of the strip 5,' the top oi' the pin will be Hush with the surface of the cover. The pin 1l is conveniently connected to the box by a cord, 12, passing through it longitudinally, and affordingready means for withdrawing it when the box is to be opened.

The pin-head is, formed'with a groove, 11, and the cover with agroove, 8, for the cord to lie in.- The pin issecured to the boxby forming a knot, 12b, on the inner end of the cord, and passing the other end of the cord through a perforation, ld, in the front end of the body,

then through aperforation, le, inthe bottom, and then forming another knot, l2, at the outer end. i

When the pin l1 is inserted to lock the cover on the box, its position flush with the surface of the cover,the shoulder seated on the lower strip, 5, permits th'e application of a seal, 13, y

of wax or paper, which wil-l prevent the opening of the box or withdrawal of the lockings pin surreptitiously.

In applying the pin by'a cord,in the manner described, the cord is secured permanently at its outer end to two parts of the body, (one end .and bottom,)land at its inner end by a' secure fastening lengthwise of the box, forming a handle or loop,14. The-box :can bedrawn or lifted by endwis'e pull ontheibox, or the seal can be broken and the pin Withdrawn by pulling one end of the cord upwardly. The cord 5 can be pulled taut by taking hold of the knot beneath the bottom. y

My improved boXs Well'adapted forishipping goods either by express or mail; also,

for city delivery of goods, and for keeping o goods on the shelves of either Wholesale or retail stores. Its combined lightness and strength make it veryiuseful for-the millinery, cloak, and other trades, and for shipping by mail.

The mode of applying and' securilngthe cover 5 as now improved and perfected is applicable itoboxes of various sizesy withina-wide range.

i `Italsoafforidsfg'reat security lagainst the ex- U traction Tof-l even'l smalll articles with outi with`1 Il drawing the cover, Ias the' interlocking flanges `vertical -iianges 3, and -extendingiaround the sides andrearend, a cover, 4', extending over the flange and body, having rabbeted side strips, 6, and rabbeted end strip, 7 receiving the Iiange, and the front sti-ips, 5 and 8, substantially as set forth. y

2; The combinationof the body having end perforation, 1d, and bottom perforation, le, front strip 5, having perforation 10, cover having a front strip, 8, formed with a perforation, 9, and a lockingpin, 11, fitting in the front strips and providedwith a cord secured thereto, passed through the end perforation forming a loop, and through the bottom perforation and secured by a knot to the bottom, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the bodyihaving a f front strip, 5, formed with "perforation l0,

cover'having a front strip, 8, formed Withperforation 9, and groove 8, leading therefrom, anda locking-pin, ll, fitting in said perforations,having a groove, 1l, and provided with a cord secured to the body and seating in said grooves fiush with the cover, substantially as shown and described.

IGNACZ GOLDBERGER.

Vitnesses:

ADDIsoN- MILLARD, J UsTUs L. CozAD. 

